What is that by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body called?
fulcrum — (Mech.) That by which a lever is sustained, or about which it turns in lifting or moving a body. (Webster's 1913.)
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- Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
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